The Community of St. Malachi Newsletter

· 2008 Community Recommitment
· Malachi Center Volunteers
· Backdoor Help Needed
· Award Winner
· Sympathy And Prayers
· Health Department
· Special Prayers Roster
· Regular Weekly Collection
· Monday Night Meals
· Communications Committee
· Communication Committee Meeting
· Wednesday Evening Prayer
· Stations of the Cross
· Let Us Pray: women’s prayer group

· Lenten Prayer/Reflection
· Poverty & Prayer: A Lenten Reflection
· Retreat
· Social Action Committee
· Book Discussion
· St. Malachi Center Soup for the Soul
· Irish Walks Of Life Awards Dinner
· Annual Social Justice Teach In
· Mass of Thanksgiving
· Liturgy Day of Reflection
· KidSELLabration
· 2008 Moll Lectures
· Eucharistic Ministers
· 2008 Calendar

  The Community of St. Malachi – First Personal Parish of the Diocese of Cleveland
Celebrating Faith in God and in the Future! 

Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time 

 January 27, 2008 

2008 Community Recommitment

As a personal parish in the Diocese of Cleveland, we individually choose the Community as our spiritual home. As members, we annually re-commit ourselves to the community and to the many ministries we are called to serve. Our charter provides that each of us must renew our individual commitment every year. This gives us the opportunity to consider how we intend to serve God and others during the coming year as part of our spiritual journey within the Community. For nearly forty years this community of believers has drawn members from far and near to worship, pray and work together to carry out the goals and ideals and activities of the Gospel.
As a Community, we recognize the need to be able to know our members. Membership in the Community entitles members to hold office and to vote on matters that come before the Community. It is also important for pastoral and sacramental purposes.
For the three Sundays beginning February 3, we will address the meaning of commitment during the CSM announcements. On February 17, the 2008 re-commitment process will begin with a celebration of our re-commitment at a breakfast/brunch in the hall immediately following the 11:00 liturgy.
(For those who cannot join us at brunch, re-commitment forms will be available at the membership table for the following 3 Sundays.)

We are in need of regular office volunteers. Duties might include answering the phones, filing, helping with mailings and fundraisers and possibly coordinating paperwork for reports. We would like to put together a team of volunteers so no one or two persons are volunteering every day. If you can help us a few hours each week, please call Lynn Scott at 216-771-3036, Monday through Thursday.

A meal without cost is served at 6:00pm on Mondays to the needy in the hall. Sandwiches, doughnuts, & coffee are served daily at the rectory. Volunteers are needed, especially weekdays. Call Sr. Francis at 216-861-5343.

At the 2008 Saint Ignatius High School Alumni Appreciation Dinner on February 13, Jeff Leitch will receive the Rev. Gerald B. Garvey, S.J. Award. This is the highest award given by the Alumni Association to one of its members. Jeff, you are a “Man for Others

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CSM SYMPATHY AND PRAYERS  

PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS FOR THE DECEASED the family and friends of David Stahley and the family and friends of Roger Zimmerman, brother of Rick Zimmerman.

 –  Please remember in your prayers for the sick these that have been added (or updated) since our previous edition: Caitlin Rose, Henry Horning, Helen Misener, Eva Sierzputowski, Tom DeChant and John Karliak. If you need the previous list you may go to the Malachi Community website at www.stmalachi.org/community.htm and click on Health Department found under Newsletter or you may visit the “We Lift These Prayers” book the St. Malachi side of the altar. Then you may add to your personal list.

Please keep in your prayers all the victims of warfare, both military and civilian, as well as these young people now in the armed forces, and their families:

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Please remember to make checks out to the Community of St. Malachi. Bob Simoneau

Chairperson contacts: Joe and Pam Pulizzi 216-941-5054 joe_pulizzi@yahoo.com  pam_pulizzi@yahoo.com 

The January 29 meeting will be re-scheduled for a later date.

Chairperson contact: Jackie Bluett 440-590-0394 jackierose@aol.com

Join us in Church at 6:00pm for Adoration of the Eucharist on this Wednesday January 30th. There is no Wednesday Evening Prayer on Ash Wednesday, February 6th. Wednesday Evening Prayer resumes on February 13th for Taize, in Church at 6:30pm. All Wednesday Evening Prayer, during Lent, meets in Church at 6:30pm.

Stations of the Cross: Praying the Stations of the Cross -- Please join us for prayer and reflection on the Stations of the Cross in a contemporary way in Church at 6pm on Fridays in Lent.

Let Us Pray: A weekly women’s prayer group is resuming Wednesday February 13 for Lent. Join us at 11:00am in Church as we pray the Psalms and other Old Testament readings. Stay for noon Mass.

Lenten Prayer/Reflection: Anyone interested in praying daily readings and reflecting weekly, in a small group during Lent, please contact Jan Leitch at Ltch5@aol.com.

Poverty and Prayer: A Lenten Reflection with Gerry Straub on Tuesday February 19 from 6:30pm to 8:00pm at the Ursuline Motherhouse (Klyn Hall) at 2600 Lander Rd. in Pepper Pike. The founder of San Damiano Foundation will share film, stories and images of those living in poverty. Contact Betsy Nero (bnero@beaumontschool.org or 216-321-2954 ex. 364), by January 30, for tickets. Cost is $10 per person. If you are interested in car pooling, or riding to Ursuline in a van, please email jackierose@aol.com

Fr. Bob Welsh, S.J, will conduct a retreat on Sunday, February 24 at St. Mary of the Assumption Chapel at St. Ignatius High School. It starts at 12:30pm and ends about 4:30pm. It includes talks, reflection, stations, benediction, and light refreshments. Contact Jackie Bluett to sign up at 440-590-0394 or jackierose@aol.com

Chairperson contact: Joan Daly 440-333-1755 tisherself@cox.net

If a parish or community member could use a little bit of help during an emergency situation, please contact Helen Misener at 440-427-8023. The Social Action Committee has volunteers who could provide a ride, do light housekeeping, shop, or just home visit. If you have any questions about the service, please call Helen and discuss it with her.

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Book Discussion

The January 2008 book meeting will be Wednesday January 30, at 7:00pm. We will discuss the fiction book Snowflower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See. Meet at the home of Helen Brinich, 216-221-3949.  A look ahead: The February book is Back When We Were Grownups by Anne Tyler. The March book is Middlesex by Jeffery Eugenides

Please join us at our annual Soup for the Soul fundraiser on Thursday March 13.. Our venue is Crowne Plaza Hotel Cleveland City Centre on St. Clair in downtown Cleveland. Our goal is to raise $60,000 this year to help us help others : children in our After School Program, young families in our Partners for Progress program, and the homeless in our Shower Program.

This year promises to be the best yet with over 20 restaurants donating their favorite and most scrumptious soup. Other features that will make this the best event ever are appealing appetizers, sensational celebrity servers, amazing auctions, rousing raffles and YOU! Ways you can participate include:

• Ticket Registration: Purchase tickets by going to www.stmalachicenter.org 
  Register on-line and pay by credit card (event code: soup08), 
  or download the registration form, or call 216-771-3036.
• We have corporate sponsorships still available. Join other generous Cleveland area businesses in supporting our event. Please take a look at our brochure at www.stmalachicenter.org and call 216-771-3036 with any questions you may have or commitments you might like to make. The earlier the commitment, the earlier we can put your company logo on all our promotional materials so others can know you too are a part of this worthy cause and celebration.
• We are looking for auction and raffle items of distinction to help make Soup for the Soul 2008 an experience to remember. If you have such an item, please call us at 216-771-3036 and tell us about it.

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The Irish American Archives Society will be honoring Sr. Joan Gallagher, Regina Brett, Sheila Murphy Crawford, B. Robert Lavelle, CSC, and John T. Kilbane on Thursday, February 2 at Windows on the River in the Flats. The reception begins at 5:30pm followed by a dinner at 6:30pm. A cash bar will be available. The cost is $55 and reservations must be in by January 31.

The IAAS Board of Trustees includes CSM members Jerry Sheehan, Rosemarie Feighan DeJohn, and Mary Englert. Call Rosemarie Feighan DeJohn at 216-228-0000.

The InterReligious Task Force on Central America presents the 9th annual Social Justice Teach-in “Raise your voice for Justice” on Saturday, February 2, 10am - 5 pm at Saint Martin de Porres High School, 6111 Lausche Ave. Cleveland. Join in a multi-generational day of education, skill learning, and community building. Choose from 15 workshops by experts from local & national organizations to gain the information and practical skills needed to work for human rights and economic justice. For Registration, co-sponsors and workshop descriptions at: www.irtfcleveland.org or call (216) 961-0003.

Archbishop Timothy Broglio, a priest of the Diocese of Cleveland, will celebrate his installation as the archbishop of the Military Archdiocese with a special Mass of Thanksgiving on Sunday, February 3, at 3 pm at St. John Cathedral. All are welcome to this celebration. Free parking is available and a public reception will follow.

There will be an afternoon of Reflection on Liturgical Hospitality guided by Sr. Pat Kozak CSJ for all who are involved in liturgical ministry -- lectors, cantors, Eucharistic Ministers -- on Saturday, February 9 from 1-3:30 pm at St. Malachi. Save the date & plan to attend!

The West Park Early Childhood PTA will be holding their annual KidSELLabration, an infant, toddler and children’s resale event, on Saturday February 23 from 8-12 noon at St. Joseph Academy on Rocky River Drive. Admission is $5.00 from 8-9am and $1.00 from 9-noon. There will also be a Scholastic Book Sale with the newest titles and a bake sale. If you would like a table to sell your items they are $20.00. Contact Beth at 216-476-7999 or visit www.westparkpta.org

Baldwin-Wallace College presents the 2008 Moll Lectures featuring Wendy M. Wright, Professor of Theology and Kenefick Chair in Humanities. Theme: Christian Spiritual Traditions: Mining, Appropriating and Exploring. Join us on Wednesday, January 30 at 7:30pm and on January 31 from 10am to 2pm in the Capel-Crossman Chapel, 56 Seminary Street in Berea.

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Eucharistic Ministers:

• February 3 Linda Bellini, Phil Daly, Joan Daly, Chris Dusek, Al Meyers, Jim Connell, Gloria Freire, Jan Durkalski, Diane Dorenkott, Jen DeJohn, Bill Johansen
• February 10 Mary Englert, Gloria Freire, John Gerace, Charles Gerheim, Heather Gerheim Gladden, Duane Horning, Rose Horning, Brian Horning, Cathy Jacob, Roseann Kaminsky, Lou Keim

2008 Calendar Refer to the information above for complete details.

First Lay-Directed Personal Parish of the Diocese of Cleveland

Celebrating Faith in God and in the Future

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